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Royal proclamation of 1763
Forbade all settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian mountains -
Sugar Act
A revenue raising act passed by the parliament of great Britain -
Stamp Act
On March of 1765 the British parliament passed the stamp act. It helped to Pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven year war -
Townshend acts
Initiated taxes on glass, Leda paper, and tea -
Boston massacre
7 British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians angering an entire colony -
Boston tea party
An American political and mercantile protest on December 16 1773 by the sons of liberty -
Treaty of paris
Ended the French and Indian War between great Britain and France -
Shays rebellion
A violent insurrection in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787 -
New Jersey plan
Designed to protect the security abs power if the small states limiting each state to one vote in congress. -
3/5 compromise
Three out of every 5 slaves were counted when determining a States total population for legislative representation and taxation